www.pieweb.com

Markets Europe Southeastern Europe

TURKEY
Plastics association proposes solutions to surging resin prices / Domestic producers should sell to local processors / Calls for pausing import duties
10.02.2021
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY TURKEY
Plastics use in vehicles seen down 15% in 2020 / Automobile production forecast 14% lower / Pandemic said to have cost domestic car parts industry at least USD 5 bn
28.01.2021
TURKEY
Styrenics import prices off sharply in Jan-Aug / Export prices falter / Imports to grow 7% by volume in 2020 / Domestic demand to ease / Production to decline
13.11.2020
TURKEY
PVC imports by weight seen up over 9% in 2020 / Domestic production volume set to drop more than 10% / PVC foreign trade deficit forecast to rise
22.10.2020
TURKEY
PE and PP import dependency to reduce by 2023 as new capacities start up / Demand and import volumes forecast to rise in 2020 / Foreign trade deficit set to widen
28.09.2020
WHITE GOODS TURKEY
Difficult time due to Covid-19 / Sales fall 9% in H1 on weak European demand / Leading supplier country
18.09.2020
TURKEY
Plastics industry posts fall in demand and output in first half / Contraction predicted for 2020 / Domestic market hindered by taxes and low-value products
11.09.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY TURKEY
Car sector sees severe coronavirus-losses in production and foreign trade / Supply chain problems / VW plans for new plant halted
24.07.2020
TURKEY
Plastic packaging demand stable in 2019 / Output lifts 2% and exports rise 7%
20.07.2020
TURKEY
Pagev asks for plastics industry incentives due to Covid-19 impacts / Downturn in construction, automotive and white goods sectors / Medical supply production ramps up
15.05.2020
TURKEY
Government introduces Covid-19 measures to help out businesses / Pagev sees lack of including plastics sector as major deficiency / Polyolefin spot prices trending sharply downward
02.04.2020
TURKEY
Plastics processing volumes rising / Lower raw material prices depress industry sales / Expansion of exports / Pagev criticises low added value and volume of raw material imports
24.02.2020
TURKEY
Output and exports of electrical and electronic plastics climb during 2014-2018 / Government aims to boost domestic E&E industry
11.02.2020
TURKEY
Agricultural plastics output and demand set to slip in 2019 / Reversal of past five years / Foreign trade continues to climb
22.01.2020
TURKEY
Plastic compounds production and demand expected to fall in 2019 / Foreign trade to dip and widen deficit / Polypropylene holds largest market share
31.10.2019
TURKEY
Country's reliance on PS and EPS imports to grow / Consumption continues to outpace domestic output
25.09.2019
MANAGEMENT
Payment default risks rise in Turkey / Construction industry particularly risky / Uncertainties threaten plastics sector / Atradius report
09.09.2019
TURKEY
Plastics imports decline in first half of 2019 / Domestic consumption of commodities and end products hits rock bottom / Exports benefit from weak Turkish lira
28.08.2019
GREECE
"Plastic needs to be part of the solution and not part of the problem" / Vassilis Gounaris is next president of AHPI / Consumer perceptions need changing
08.08.2019
PLASTIC PACKAGING TURKEY
Economic recession hits plastic packaging materials in Q1 2019 and full-year 2018 / Demand, output and imports fall but exports up
16.07.2019
TURKEY
Engineering plastics consumption and imports to decline on economic woes
04.07.2019
TURKEY
Demand and foreign trade for polyolefins decline in 2018 / New capacities planned by 2023 to reduce reliance on imports
03.06.2019
TURKEY
PVC consumption heavily reliant on imports / Domestic production from sole plant in Aliaga
30.04.2019
TURKEY
Spot prices rise in first quarter / Plastics imports increase at the start of 2019 / Currency weakness unsettles markets / Subdued polymers consumption in 2018 due to recession
18.04.2019
TURKEY
Plastic products sector hit by economic turmoil in 2018 / Production, consumption and imports decline / Urgent need to reduce dependency on imported feedstocks
01.04.2019
Seite 2 von 6
Topic search
Plastics Information Europe
  • Polymer Prices (6.276)
    • Petrochemicals (554)
    • Standard Thermoplastics (1.008)
    • PET (257)
    • Engineering Thermoplastics (264)
    • Recyclate (391)
      • General (6)
      • Standard Thermoplastics / Recyclate (192)
      • Engineering Thermoplastics / Recyclate (193)
    • Polyurethanes (257)
    • High Performance Polymers (2)
    • Composites (190)
    • Announcements (2.592)
    • World Regions (607)
      • China (308)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (155)
        • Engineering Thermoplastics (153)
      • North America (175)
      • Russia (124)
    • Spot Prices (133)
    • Forecasts (21)
  • Companies (35.871)
    • Polymer Materials (17.662)
      • Petrochemicals (3.198)
      • Charge (1.902)
        • General (98)
        • Masterbatches (342)
        • Additives (800)
        • Colours (390)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (272)
      • Polymers (11.366)
        • General (734)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (3.937)
          • General (113)
          • Polyolefins (2.005)
          • Polystyrenes (352)
          • PVC (688)
          • Polyester (573)
          • Expandable (PS, PP, PE) (206)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (3.340)
          • General (352)
          • Styrene Copolymers (266)
          • PC/PMMA (474)
          • Polyamides (943)
          • POM/PBT/PP (324)
          • Technical Compounds (981)
        • PUR (809)
        • Other (2.546)
          • General (104)
          • Composites/Thermosets (414)
          • High Performance (637)
          • Biopolymers (711)
          • Elastomers/TPE (381)
          • Recyclate (299)
      • Distribution (1.196)
    • Machinery (1.122)
      • General (31)
      • Plant Construction (144)
      • Core Machines (759)
        • General (92)
        • Extrusion (182)
        • Injection Moulding (380)
        • Blow Moulding (73)
        • Foam (12)
        • PUR (16)
        • Compression Moulding (4)
      • Peripherals (183)
        • General (33)
        • Control Systems (4)
        • Automatisation (34)
        • Dies/Tools/Moulds (99)
        • Components (13)
      • Finishing (5)
    • Processing (7.362)
      • General (920)
      • Extrusion (2.403)
        • General (127)
        • Flexible Films (1.165)
        • Rigid Films/Sheet (389)
        • Pipes (354)
        • Profiles/Rods (261)
        • Other (107)
      • Injection Moulding (1.785)
      • Blow Moulding (528)
      • PUR (327)
      • Other (1.155)
        • General (127)
        • Foam (316)
        • Composites/Thermosets (356)
        • Thermoforming (227)
        • Rotational Moulding (32)
        • Additive Manufacturing (97)
      • Finishing (244)
    • Application (7.587)
      • General (134)
      • Packaging (3.276)
      • Construction (749)
      • Automotive / Transport (1.738)
      • Electrical Appliances (354)
      • Consumer Goods (701)
      • Medical (411)
      • Technical (224)
    • Other (2.138)
      • Recycling/Disposal (1.712)
      • Services (259)
      • Logistics (167)
  • Commercial Register (156)
    • Insolvency (151)
    • Changes (5)
  • Markets (24.392)
    • Polymer Materials (10.522)
      • Petrochemicals (2.589)
      • Charge (880)
        • General (39)
        • Masterbatches (98)
        • Additives (349)
        • Colours (162)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (232)
      • Polymers (6.654)
        • General (847)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (2.515)
          • General (74)
          • Polyolefins (1.259)
          • Polystyrenes (164)
          • PVC (516)
          • Polyester (359)
          • Expandable (PS, PP, PE) (143)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (1.339)
          • General (89)
          • Styrene Copolymers (112)
          • PC/PMMA (161)
          • Polyamides (467)
          • POM/PBT/PP (114)
          • Technical Compounds (396)
        • PUR (475)
        • Other (1.478)
          • General (47)
          • Composites/Thermosets (301)
          • High Performance (312)
          • Biopolymers (437)
          • Elastomers/TPE (147)
          • Recyclate (234)
      • Other Materials (60)
      • Distribution (339)
    • Machinery (523)
      • General (131)
      • Plant Construction (14)
      • Core Machines (306)
        • General (116)
        • Extrusion (37)
        • Injection Moulding (131)
        • Blow Moulding (15)
        • PUR (5)
        • Compression Moulding (2)
      • Peripherals (72)
        • General (21)
        • Automatisation (17)
        • Dies/Tools/Moulds (34)
    • Processing (1.743)
      • General (454)
      • Extrusion (627)
        • General (20)
        • Flexible Films (305)
        • Rigid Films/Sheets (126)
        • Pipes (75)
        • Profiles/Rods (90)
        • Other (11)
      • Injection Moulding (181)
      • Blow Moulding (43)
      • PUR (84)
      • Other (309)
        • General (20)
        • Foam (82)
        • Composites/Thermosets (140)
        • Thermoforming (20)
        • Rotational Moulding (8)
        • Additive Manufacturing (39)
      • Finishing (45)
    • Applications (4.308)
      • General (51)
      • Packaging (2.084)
      • Construction (335)
      • Automotive / Transport (1.008)
      • Electrical Appliances (228)
      • Consumer Goods (273)
      • Medical (213)
      • Technical (62)
      • Other (54)
    • Regions and Countries (4.177)
      • World (195)
      • German-speaking Countries (496)
      • Europe (2.039)
        • General (501)
        • Italy (145)
        • France (155)
        • Spain/Portugal (105)
        • Great Britain/Ireland (520)
        • Low Countries (75)
        • Central Europe (179)
        • Scandinavia (46)
        • Russia (115)
        • Eastern Europe (55)
        • Southeastern Europe (143)
      • North America (498)
      • Asia (682)
        • General (123)
        • China (392)
        • Japan (51)
        • Korea (28)
        • India (88)
      • Middle East (145)
      • Other (40)
      • South America (82)
    • Other (3.119)
      • Recycling/Disposal (2.223)
      • Economic Trend (507)
      • Services (41)
      • Logistics (267)
      • Energy (81)
  • Production and Engineering (3.837)
    • Polymer Materials (2.390)
      • Petrochemicals (62)
      • Charge (445)
        • General (14)
        • Masterbatches (114)
        • Additives (229)
        • Colours (53)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (35)
      • Polymers (1.852)
        • General (31)
        • Standard Themoplastics (369)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (605)
          • General (19)
          • Styrene Copolymers (63)
          • PC/PMMA (64)
          • Polyamides (209)
          • POM/PBT/PP (69)
          • Technical Compounds (181)
        • PUR (74)
        • Other (773)
          • General (23)
          • Composites/Thermosets (108)
          • High Performance (160)
          • Biopolymers (251)
          • Elastomers/TPE (115)
          • Recyclate (116)
      • Other (31)
    • Machinery (95)
      • Extrusion (20)
        • General (8)
        • Flexible Films (5)
        • Calender (3)
        • Rigid films/Sheets/Thermoforming (1)
        • Pipes/Profiles (3)
      • Injection Moulding (32)
        • General (16)
        • Process (10)
        • Tools (4)
        • Automatisation (2)
      • Blow Moulding (10)
      • Other (33)
    • Research (443)
      • Polymer Materials (145)
      • Technical (16)
      • Product Development (42)
      • Process (83)
      • Application (95)
      • Patents (4)
        • Polymer Materials (2)
        • Process (2)
      • Other (58)
    • New Products (870)
      • Packaging (573)
      • Construction (35)
      • Automotive / Transport (100)
      • Electrical Appliances (27)
      • Consumer Goods (51)
      • Medical (38)
      • Technical (8)
      • Other (38)
    • Other (39)
  • Management (783)
    • Purchasing (106)
    • General Management (185)
    • Company organisation (45)
    • Marketing/Sales (15)
    • Human Resources (8)
    • Finances (99)
    • Logistics (325)
  • People (1.512)
  • Industry (6.520)
    • General (1.262)
    • Associations/Institutions (2.483)
    • Legislation (1.441)
    • Environment / Health (1.324)
    • plas.TV - Plastics unite(d) (10)
  • Events (1.169)
  • Plastic Fantastic (572)
  • Commentaries (85)
  • Interviews (159)
  • Notes by Publisher (77)
© 2026 by Plastics Information Europe, Bad Homburg
Date of print: 03/03/2026
Ref: oq5yqt2nccsaix2mrps24f45
KIVBHI
All rights reserved.
Access and use is subject to our terms and conditions.
URL: https://pieweb.plasteurope.com/Default.aspx?node=100503&page=2&pageid=302